Fencing machine



June 16, 1925. 1,542,720

I w. B. PHlLLlPS FENCING MACHINE Filed May 26, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 16, 1925. 1,542,720

- W. B. PHILLIPS v FENCING MACHINE Filed y 26, 1922 3 Sheetsfiheet 2 m I M WITNESS: ATTORNEY June 16, 192 5.

. W. B. PHILLIPS FENCING? MACHINE Fild May 2 1922 3 sheet si s h eet 5 wrmss: ATTORNEY Patented June 16,1925.

-To, all whom-it may concern:

- UNITED STATES PATE'N Warren 1:. rmrirrs,

I Interim r oFFIcE.

Application fled my as, me. we ml team.

Be it known that I, Waurna B. PmLLrPs,

a citizen of the United States, residin at Clinton, in the county of De Witt and tate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Fencing Machines, of

general 0 which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to a combinedpost hole dig erand wire windin device, the

iject of the invention eing to provide means for" actuating the device b power, preferably from a tractor to whic the device is adapted'to be connected-so that itwill \be su ported from the tractor. 7

Another 0 ject of the invention is'to provide-me'ans for leveling the parts if the tractor is resting on unlevel ground andto' provide means r placing the digger. shaft perpendicular whenthe supporting frame for the same is not level. a

A further object of the inventionis to provide means for-driving the digger shaft atslow speed'when the auger is moving downwardly and at faster speed when raising the au er to empty the same.

1s invention-also conslsts- 1m certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several I as parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

. In describing'my invention indetail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein'like characters denote like or correspondin parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure is a rear end elevation showing invention.

' Fi re 1 is a side view showingthe device attac ed to a tractor. T

Figure 2 is a top plan view'of the same.

Figure 3 is a section online 3-3 of Fig ure 1. i

Figure" 4 is a horizontal section on line rs ctive of oneof the ele-';- the which act as pivots for pivoting the frame on the bars 4. These. bars may be secured to a tractor, as shown in Figure 1 .or to a ortable gas engine or the like. The frame is adapted to be-tilted on its pivots by the lever 5 engagin the segment 6 on one of the. bars 4. The s aft 2 has a belt pulley 7 thereon so it may be driven from the en me of the tractor or the other engine. T shaft is also rovided with a friction wheel which is sli ably mounted on the shaft but .is held against rotary movement thereon.

A shaft 9. is journaled in the frame and a sleeve- 10 is keyed to this shaft so it can slide. thereon but cannot rotate thereon. A friction wheel is. secured to each end' of thesleeve, as shown at 11 and 12, these wheels being adapted to engage with the wheel 8 so that when one wheel is engaging said wheel 8 the sleeve and shaft 9 will be rotated in one direction and when the other wheel is engaging wheel 8 the sleeve and shaft willbe rotated in an opposite direction. A lever '13 is provided for shifting the.

-wheel Son its shaft and a lever '14: for moving the sleeve 10 to a neutral position or to a his position where either one or the other of the wheels 11 and 12 will be engaged by the wheel 8. Thus the shaft 9 can be. driven in either direction or be 'permitted to remain stationa'ryby shifting the lever 14 and the." shaft can be driven at different speeds by means of the lever 13moving the wheel 8 so that it will engage the wheel 11 or the wheel 12 at difl'erent points on its diameter.

A circular late 20 is secured to the-outer end of the ame and the shaft 9 passes through said plate. .Arcshaped slots 21 are formed in this formed on a part of t e circumference of the p A second circularplate 23 is adustably secured to the first plate by means} of the bolts 24 engaging the slots 21, the

late.

late and teeth 22 area;

plate being adjusted by means of a lever 25 which is secured to the plate 23 and has its pawl 26 engaging the teeth 22 in the firstplate. A'supportin'g block '27 is secured to mounted aigea'r 29 and in theother a screw threaded.- bushing 30 said bushing -be' heldagainst rotation meshes with the r 29. A screw-shaft 88 passes through ti? by a bolt 31.. a ii 32isseeuredtotheendoftheshaft't)anda 29 s am 110- 3 1 has 23, said block having spaced perfo- Y lugs 28, 'in one of which is rotatably 10 30, the gear 29 being keyed to the shaft so that the shaft must turn with the gear but can have sliding movement therethrough.

be used for winding wire.

bolt 31 would be loosened so that the bushing can rotate and the bushing may be The bushing 30 being stationary will act as a nut and cause the shaft to move longitudinally as it is being rotated by the gear 29. The shaft 33 is connected with the stem of the auger 34 by the universal joint 35 and the parts of this joint are detachably connected together so that the auger can be removed from the screw-shaft.

From the above it will be seen that the movement of shaft 9 will be communicated to the screw-shaft so that the same will be rotated and moved longitudinally to-feed the auger to its work and at the same time rot-ate it. The auger will be fed downwardscrew-shaft horizontally, a wire reel 36 may be placed on the screw shaft and secured thereon by a nut 37'. Thus the device can In this case the connected with the screw-shaft by a bolt 38-. Thus the bushing will rotate with the shaft and will not cause it to move longitudinally.

' I may also provide a forked bar 39 for making the device useful in pulling up posts. This bar is fastened to a part of the tractor or to another support by a boltwhich passes through the slot 40 in thebar. A bushing 41 is rotatably mounted in the bar and this bushing is adapted to receive the screwshaft 33, apart of the joint 35 engaging the bottom of the bushing. Thus when the screw-shaft moves upwardly it will carry the bar 39 with it and thus pull up the post which is fastened by a chain 42 with the forked end of the bar.

It is thought from the foregoin description that the advantages and nove features of my inventionwill be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within'the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a mechanism of the character described, a frame, a disk arran ed at one end thereof and fixed to the rame, rack teeth on the disk, a rotatable disk arranged in opposed relation to-the first disk, a lever carried thereby and provided with latch elements engageable in the rack teeth where-- by to hold the rotatable disk in an adjusted position about its axis, bearings carried by the rotatable disk and a rotatable shaft journaled in the bearings.

WALTER B. PHILLIPS. 

